Boris Kurganov Violinist from Brooklyn, NY

Boris Kurganov (Saxes,Violin,Piano Moscow - New York - Houston) BK was born in the city of Omsk ,Russia. At the age of six, he began his studies in a specialized musical school majoring in violin. Then he went on to musical college to study oboe. Later, Boris studied alto saxophone at Moscow State Institute of Culture. In 1985, during Tudenti Jazz festival in Tallinn (Estonia), he made his professional debut, performing in duo with Arkady Figlin (piano). In 1988, he started performing with Allegro, one of Russia's most famous jazz collectives to date (led by pianist and composer Nick Levinosky). The same year BK played a number of concerts with the band led by India's most famous jazz musician - fusion violinist Dr.L. Subramaniam during the latter's Russian tour. In 1989 Boris performed at Copenhagen annual jazz festival with group Allegro. In 1991 "Allegro" group played several concerts in Norway cities (Oslo and Elverum ). The same year, BK was invited to join The Moscow Sax Quintet (MSQ) led by Vladimir Zaremba as a soloist. With MSQ he toured Germany. Then MSQ was invited to the IAJE (International Association of the Jazz Educators) conference in San Antonio, Texas. There were performances in Houston,TX, Mobile, Alabama, and New York(January of 1993) In 1990-1992, BK taught at Gnessins Music College in Moscow and Moscow State Institute of Culture. During the 90s, he played as a soloist with several bands in Russia, including ensembles led by Moscivite bass player and producer Alex Rostotsky, St.Petersburg's piano player Andrey Kondakov and by Gregory Fine . Boris also participated in the Ivanov Brothers Jazz project, and in Trans Atlantic, one of Russia's fusion bands. He successfully performed in Russia (Nizhni Novgorod, Perm, Yaroslavl etc.), and abroad: Finland (Kuopio, Jonitsu), Sweden (Stockholm, Skovde), France (Paris), and in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) and Burkina Faso(Ouagadougou). The most important event for him was his participation at Copenhagen Jazz festival with Nick Levinovsky's Allegro, 1990 and Montreal Jazz festival with Gregory Fine quartet, 1997 . Andrey Kondakov, Victor Dvoskin - "Deserted park", 1993, Melodia Andrey Kondakov, Sergio Brandao, Cafe, Paolo Braga, Paul Bollenback, Boris Kurganov - "Old And New Brazilian Tales" Elina "I Never Felt This Way Before" 2004 NEW Boris Kurganov "Come Rain Or Come Shine" 2009

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